Reddish-Blue

Arsenal are not an inferior side, they've just been very very lucky with injuries this season (i.e. I don't recall them having multiple first team players out with injury at the same time). They had a stat the other day where it said Arteta has made 20 or less changes to his first choice XI across the season....compare that to Potter who has had to make 70+ changes in the season.

Him & Havertz are like the exact same player. Haven't really lived up to expectations after a big money move, always show a few flashes of brilliance but they both lack that killer instinct in front of goal. Interesting that Atletico seem to have picked up a bit of form since Felix left the club...

Considering both of your points, it makes zero sense as to why we signed him in January. What we needed was someone to lift the attack immediately, not another project that will take 6+ months to get used to the league.

Still not sure why we actually got him in January...he was always going to be under-done fitness wise without a proper pre-season and let's not even mention the fact that he was twerking for them on social media game after game. Cucurella & him may go down as the worst signings we made in a few seasons time (alongside Lukaku).

My biggest concern is that there may not be anyone available to come in straight away. Flick, Enrique would be obvious candidates considering their profiles and then there is Pochettino (however I'm not sure that would go down well with the fans...might be a Benitez 2.0 moment). Whether any of them are actually keen on the challenge remains to be seen.

Potter just strikes me as the type of manager who wants to play it safe. He never looked like the type who would confront his players or even bring in an assistant who was a bit crazy or vocal just to shake things up in training or in the dressing room. Even AvB had Di Matteo as an assistant. Imagine if Conte, Mourinho, Tuchel had this run of results after spending that much in the transfer window, they would have let the players know the pathetic level of performance but with Potter all I hear is: "the players are trying, we're close, we feel it..." as if being mid table is acceptable.

Even Arteta mentioned that at one point, you just have to win. Potter trying to use either of those managers as an excuse to get more time at Chelsea is pathetic. The most concerning thing is, he's not IMPROVING any player at the moment. Klopp is at least playing Elliot and that other young midfielder, Arteta has given Martinelli & Saka so much confidence...whereas none of the youngsters or new signings have shown any sign of improvement under Potter so far.

Well...there is a certain Portuguese manager out there who has a history of winning at Chelsea and he shows his emotions on the sidelines..

Imagine the headlines if Chelsea actually got pulled into the relegation battle with Potter in charge.

I would have thought the pathetic loss to Southampton at home would have been enough to push the trigger I'm interested to see whether the players actually turn up against Leeds/Dortmund and save Potter or whether they continue to jog around the pitch with zero intent to actually score a goal.

It would be more humiliating for the new ownership group if this club went into a relegation battle...because based on form that is where we are headed. We have the worst form line in the Premier League at the moment and every game looks like 3 points to the opposition and Potter hasn't done a single thing to change it. Tuchel, Mourinho, Conte would be going ballistic in the training ground, on the sidelines, watching this rubbish game after game...but Potter is as calm as can be, like he's managing a mid table side, not a side that just spent all that money in January.

To be fair, they are at least building something. They've brought winning mentality to United by getting the likes of Casemiro & Varane to the club. It's a shame we couldn't get players with that type of mentality at our club to help the young ones...

Draw? Nah, this has 1-0 loss written all over it. Potter after the game: "The lads gave everything, that's life, we all feel pain together" We need Roman back to save the club from further disgrace

To add to this, the old guard also had very good leadership amongst them. Cech, Terry, Carvalho, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Essien, Drogba, Ballack, Obi Mikel...pretty much all of them were captain/senior leadership for club or country at one point in time. Compare that to what we have now...we only have 2 captains in the dressing room, Silva & Azpi. Sold our third captain to our local rivals in the recent transfer window... Maybe that's why we have such poor mentality?

The problem isn't about being vocal, it's about him not accepting the fact that he's managing Chelsea and we need results. All of his press conferences sound like he's still at Brighton where they are willing to accept 10th place in the league. The sad part is, not a single player has looked like they've improved under him so far.

Maybe we shouldn't have brought in that many new signings in one transfer window. It's not like adding Mudryk and Madueke was absolutely essential in January.... At this point, the club will have to look at sacking Potter as there is no other option. It's bad enough letting the worst defense in the league rock up to Stamford Bridge and walk away with 3 points but then in a derby against the club we all hate so much, the players can't even score a goal and they put up that sort of pathetic performance.

Forget the manager, the players need to step up as well. If the players actually cared, they would have done everything possible to save face with the fans and at least fight back against Southampton, but no, it was another pathetic performance and we allowed one of the worst defenses in the league walk away with 3 points. This game against Spurs is a massive test for every single player in the squad, if we lose to them, that may be it for this group of players.

They were dominant domestically but in Europe, they were effectively average, kept getting knocked out at the round of 16 stage before Mourinho came along and got that older team to click on the big stage. Mourinho may not be a long term manager anywhere but he builds a winning mentality in the playing group and generally, gets them over the line on the big occasion. It's just a shame that his stint at Real Madrid and the Spanish media made him super bitter about everything as the Mourinho at Chelsea (first time) and Inter Milan was amazing to watch.

Of course he would be bitter, went from playing alongside Kante/Kovacic who helped cover his defensive issues and lack of mobility...to playing alongside whichever midfielder was fit this season under Potter. Gets to go to Arsenal who already have a solid midfield setup and he's not under that much pressure anymore.

Feels like the plan is confusing as the young midfielders we are investing in...may be more suited to a 3 man midfield. Chuks, Santos, Casadei seem to be the type of players who would thrive in a 3 man midfield (with the experience of Kante/Kova and the passing ability of Enzo). Even Mount may get his confidence back in a 3 man midfield (if the club feels he is the one to build around).

I just hope it's not another game of doing well, not being able to finish in front of goal and then Kane/Son come up with a touch of class to get the 1-0 win.... Would love to see someone like Felix just take over a game, bang in a goal and prove his worth.

Probably has something to do with the players available... Conte tried to play a back 4 and quickly realised that Alonso has zero defensive ability. The last time I remember Chelsea playing a back 4 properly was with Mourinho. A back 4 is much easier to play when you have midfielders like Makelele, Essien, even Obi Mikel being the shield in front of the defense. When you go away from that and try to use players like Jorginho/Kovacic in that sort of role, teams know they can counter at will and get away with it as there is no one there to step in and put in the tackle or make the break of play foul.

The saddest part is, he's still the best striker we have on our books 😆

Lyon rejected the deal though, they only allowed the sale of Gusto based on the fact that he would stay at Lyon until end of the season. As for the Nkunku deal, apparently there is an agreement in place but we won't know the full detail until the next transfer window.....it's not like we're loaning back to Leipzig, he hasn't actually left Leipzig yet.

Attracting talent is not a problem when you're overspending on players and there is no competition from other clubs. e.g. we signed Cucurella for an extra 20 million because City pulled out of the deal at 35 million. We signed Koulibaly for 30+ million and that was because no other club wanted to offer him a 4 year deal. Even Enzo's deal only happened because no other club wanted to meet Benfica's valuation of 120 million, they were more keen on waiting till end of the season before trying to negotiate a better transfer fee with Benfica. Won't be that simple with players like Victor as he'll have plenty of options to choose from.